§ 20-28-9-26 — Minimum teacher salary threshold; notice; official minutes; posting

(a) For each school year beginning after June
30, 2025, if a school corporation determines that the school corporation
cannot establish a minimum salary of forty-five thousand dollars
($45,000) for each full-time teacher, the school corporation and the
department must comply with the requirements of subsections (b)
through (d).
(b) For each state fiscal year that a school corporation fails to meet
the minimum salary requirements for full-time teachers under
subsection (a), the department shall submit in both a written and an
electronic format a notice to the school corporation's:
(1) superintendent;
(2) school business officer; and
(3) governing body;
that the school corporation failed to meet the requirements set forth in
subsection (a) for the applicable state fiscal year.
(c) If a school corporation's governing body receives a notice from
the department under subsection (b), the school corporation shall do
the following:
(1) Publicly acknowledge receipt of the notice from the
department at the governing body's next public meeting.
(2) Enter into the governing body's official minutes for the
meeting described in subdivision (1) acknowledgment of the
notice.
(3) Not later than thirty (30) days after the meeting described in
subdivision (1), publish on the school corporation's website:
(A) the department's notice; and
(B) any relevant individual reports prepared by the department.
(d) If the department determines a school corporation that received
one (1) or more notices from the department under subsection (b) has
met the minimum salary requirements required under subsection (a) for
a subsequent state fiscal year, the school corporation may remove from
the school corporation's website any:
(1) notices the school corporation received under subsection (b);
and
(2) relevant individual reports prepared by the department under
subsection (c)(3).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.154. Amended by P.L.190-2025, SEC.4.